Aureolaria levigata, commonly known as entireleaf yellow false foxglove or Appalachian oak-leech, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to much of the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding areas in the eastern United States. It is also found in a disjunct population in southwestern Mississippi.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aureolaria levigata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections1
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type266 records
Wild obs. + sensor195
Museum / vouchered71
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO912 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 110≤1 km 15≤10 km 10>10 km 34
169 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor195
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 14≤10 km 44>10 km 2
61 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence71
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions8 of 11 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
55
Chapel Hill, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
1
Fredericksburg, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Durham, US
1
Jackson, US
1
Asheville, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
11 institutions · 67 of 71 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aureolaria levigata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median22.4 °C 22.4–22.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.3 °C
Max temp (day)27.7 °C
Min temp (night)17.4 °C
Precipitation92.9 mm/mo
Air humidity57.2 %
Moisture balance-40.1 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,156 Pa
Wind speed2.30 m/s
Cloud cover32.6 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
